SLP LID VS K&N Fuel injection kit
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SLP LID VS K&N Fuel injection kit
Which do u think is better? i currently have the slp lid on my car, but i was looking through summit and i saw the k&n fuel injection kit, for 300. I remember reading in an old issue of hot rod mag that those kits did pretty good on our cars, but i cant find the issue right now. I was just woundering if this kit is really worth the 300 bux. thanks 
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SSRA is an aftermarket ram air kit/cold air intake. It spells out Super Sucker Ram Air. Basically it's a two scoop design ram air set-up. You have your SLP lid on your airbox, under the airbox is the first scoop of the SSRA. It runs next to the radiator and goes down towards the bottom of the car. Then the second scoop has a bend in it so it attatches to the first scoop and then runs forward to end at the front bumper.
As you drive outside air enters the bottom scoop and runs up directly into the air box and through the air filter. At city driving speeds you gain a little power from colder air hitting your engine (it works as a CAI since the air outside the car is colder then the air inside your engine bay). At highway speeds (especially if you hit 100+) it works as a ram air since the colder air has enough speed built up to "ram it" into your bottom scoop and thus into your engine. It's nowhere near the power of a "blower" but you can definately feel the extra horses when you gun it from 100-130 after an SSRA is properly installed.
It costs $200 new and in combination with a lid are just as good if not better then an FIPK II in my opinion. Since you all ready have the SLP lid you can get the ram air kit for a little extra punch. FIPK II can not use any aftermarket CAI or ram air kit because the unit replaces the airbox completely. However a WS6 ram air hood would compliment a FIPK nicely.
Take a look at:
www.lmperformance.com
You'll find a nice pic there in the LS1 section under induction.
Good Luck
As you drive outside air enters the bottom scoop and runs up directly into the air box and through the air filter. At city driving speeds you gain a little power from colder air hitting your engine (it works as a CAI since the air outside the car is colder then the air inside your engine bay). At highway speeds (especially if you hit 100+) it works as a ram air since the colder air has enough speed built up to "ram it" into your bottom scoop and thus into your engine. It's nowhere near the power of a "blower" but you can definately feel the extra horses when you gun it from 100-130 after an SSRA is properly installed.
It costs $200 new and in combination with a lid are just as good if not better then an FIPK II in my opinion. Since you all ready have the SLP lid you can get the ram air kit for a little extra punch. FIPK II can not use any aftermarket CAI or ram air kit because the unit replaces the airbox completely. However a WS6 ram air hood would compliment a FIPK nicely.
Take a look at:
www.lmperformance.com
You'll find a nice pic there in the LS1 section under induction.
Good Luck
Last edited by darrens99formul; Oct 27, 2003 at 11:47 AM.
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i definitely wouldnt bother with the FIPK if u already have a lid....i can't imagine it being that different power-wise, especially if u have an SS because the part of the filter on the FIPK that faces the ram air duct in the hood is plastic and blocks the filter element from incoming air.
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Originally posted by darrens99formul
SSRA is an aftermarket ram air kit/cold air intake. It spells out Super Sucker Ram Air. Basically it's a two scoop design ram air set-up. You have your SLP lid on your airbox, under the airbox is the first scoop of the SSRA. It runs next to the radiator and goes down towards the bottom of the car. Then the second scoop has a bend in it so it attatches to the first scoop and then runs forward to end at the front bumper.
As you drive outside air enters the bottom scoop and runs up directly into the air box and through the air filter. At city driving speeds you gain a little power from colder air hitting your engine (it works as a CAI since the air outside the car is colder then the air inside your engine bay). At highway speeds (especially if you hit 100+) it works as a ram air since the colder air has enough speed built up to "ram it" into your bottom scoop and thus into your engine. It's nowhere near the power of a "blower" but you can definately feel the extra horses when you gun it from 100-130 after an SSRA is properly installed.
It costs $200 new and in combination with a lid are just as good if not better then an FIPK II in my opinion. Since you all ready have the SLP lid you can get the ram air kit for a little extra punch. FIPK II can not use any aftermarket CAI or ram air kit because the unit replaces the airbox completely. However a WS6 ram air hood would compliment a FIPK nicely.
Take a look at:
www.lmperformance.com
You'll find a nice pic there in the LS1 section under induction.
Good Luck
SSRA is an aftermarket ram air kit/cold air intake. It spells out Super Sucker Ram Air. Basically it's a two scoop design ram air set-up. You have your SLP lid on your airbox, under the airbox is the first scoop of the SSRA. It runs next to the radiator and goes down towards the bottom of the car. Then the second scoop has a bend in it so it attatches to the first scoop and then runs forward to end at the front bumper.
As you drive outside air enters the bottom scoop and runs up directly into the air box and through the air filter. At city driving speeds you gain a little power from colder air hitting your engine (it works as a CAI since the air outside the car is colder then the air inside your engine bay). At highway speeds (especially if you hit 100+) it works as a ram air since the colder air has enough speed built up to "ram it" into your bottom scoop and thus into your engine. It's nowhere near the power of a "blower" but you can definately feel the extra horses when you gun it from 100-130 after an SSRA is properly installed.
It costs $200 new and in combination with a lid are just as good if not better then an FIPK II in my opinion. Since you all ready have the SLP lid you can get the ram air kit for a little extra punch. FIPK II can not use any aftermarket CAI or ram air kit because the unit replaces the airbox completely. However a WS6 ram air hood would compliment a FIPK nicely.
Take a look at:
www.lmperformance.com
You'll find a nice pic there in the LS1 section under induction.
Good Luck
http://www.slponline.com/view_produc...NUMBER=100000Z
Because as far as I know you can't put the WS6 hood on a Z28 can you???
Thanks
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Originally posted by Rice Eater 316
You mention a WS6 ram air hood will compliment a FIPK nicely... how bout the slp Ultra Z hood??
http://www.slponline.com/view_produc...NUMBER=100000Z
Because as far as I know you can't put the WS6 hood on a Z28 can you???
Thanks
You mention a WS6 ram air hood will compliment a FIPK nicely... how bout the slp Ultra Z hood??
http://www.slponline.com/view_produc...NUMBER=100000Z
Because as far as I know you can't put the WS6 hood on a Z28 can you???
Thanks
Plus that's a sharp looking hood. It'll look sweet on your Z28 if you get it and it'll be just as effective on a Z28 as a WS6 hood is on a TA. In the overall scheme of things the gains are still gonna be minimal but every little bit helps and damn those hoods look sharp.
So the short answer is yes the ultra z hood will compliment the FIPK II nicely.
Good Luck
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as I have said before. If anyone has a FIPK here in houston, i will gladly rent the dyno out for an hour and and test it against an MTI lid I have and the stock setup I am running.
I dont think it will gain any more than a lid.
But what do I know... no one ever wants to test...
I dont think it will gain any more than a lid.
But what do I know... no one ever wants to test...
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Originally posted by ba96ta
does anybody with the FTRA or SSRA notice there cars running any hotter. It looks like it blocks the radiater quite a bit
does anybody with the FTRA or SSRA notice there cars running any hotter. It looks like it blocks the radiater quite a bit
SSRA doesn't
People report no overheating with either one. And I have no overheating probs with the SSRA on my 'bird.
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Some folks in AZ have reported higher engine temps with the FTRA ... Out here in CA in the Sacramento Valley - where summer temps go in excess of 105 - some of the people tried the FTRA early on and ATAP'ed higher engine temps and pretty much rejected it - not worth the cost and the risk ...
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